I'm looking to get a new car because I was just in a wreck with my 1990 crx dx.

im looking at a 1991 Hf with 137k miles. Really clean car with only some rust which can be repaired fairly easly. I'm also looking at a Toyota Celica GTS convertible which has 132k and a rebuilt moter.

The Celica is $4,500 while the crx is $4,750
​​​​which would be the better car to get? Really all I need the car for is to drive back and fourth to school everyday and to visit family and go to car shows. Which would be a better grab? I'm really indecisive because I love both.

 

This is my first post here, so be gentle!😂

I would go with the CRX HF because it gets 50 mpg’s and is a manual (less breakdowns, with proper maintenance, of course). It is THE perfect commuter car! Can park in ANY parking place, even those “subcompact” ones!😂

I also don’t trust many engine rebuilders to put it back the way it should be, so the CRX HF wins there as well.

Convertible Celica’s are usually sold to women (uh oh, didn’t check to see if you are a female?&#128556 and that convertible top will need replacing sometime and will cost you a pretty penny ($1,000+ maybe??).

Convertible tops cannot handle snow load very well either and they can be sliced VERY EASILY by thieves… OR by just vandals.
Plus, the sun tears them up as well, unlike a metal roof.

For best ROI (Return On Investment), get the CRX HF and replace the stock 13” steelies with ‘92-‘95 Civic VX 13” magnesium alloy rims that ONLY weigh 9 lbs. each!!
Or if you can’t track those down (there’s a set with new tires for $450 in San Francisco currently on Craigslist) then get some ‘96-‘00 Civic HX 14” magnesium alloy rims that weigh ONLY 14 lbs. each!
That’s what I have on my ‘96 hatch, but want the 13” VX because I found 1 VX 13” rim in the junkyard that I LITERALLY tripped over, so now I’ll have a “full-size” spare.🤣😎👍

I have always wanted to motor swap a CRX, especially the HF, with a 1994-1995 Civic VX D15Z1 & matching wide-ratio 5-speed manual transmission so that I could get 55-60 mpg’s!!
But I think I’ll just do it to my 1996 Civic CX hatchback with the D16Y7/automatic transmission that has a bad motor but good transmission.

I need the clutch pedal assembly and ECU for the swap… can anybody in Honda-Tech help?🤔🙏

 

thank you. I really only considerd the Celica because its been a garage car for all it's life and it was in beautiful shape but I'll get the hf. My dx actually had the vx wheels and this hf does too so I guess I'll have two sets of them lol. Plus I live in nebraska so having a soft top commuter doesn't seem like a very good idea since our goody weather situation. I'll probably end up with the hf unless something really bad comes up when I test drive it tommorow.